Fr I swear all the other videos weren’t even helpful this guy has saved me so much time and frustration (even though it took me five months for my ps to load and try to reset and brought me back to original page and I found out the cause🤦🏼♀️)
Oh my god, 9 years later and this video is still a Godsend. It’s crazy cause now I bet those kids are teenagers by now. I hope you & your family are doing extremely well. Thanks a ton bro
Thank you so much man! I followed SO MANY youtube videos to try and figure this out...and nothing worked until I found this one. I really appreciate you taking the time! YOU ROCK!
I haven't been on my PS3 for months and you helped me be able to play my own you don't even know how happy i am right know. You are the greatest and you have another subscriber @Tampatec you have my greatest respects.
everyone before buying hard drive reseat old hard drive and try usb update But usb drive must be format32 (right click usb drive to format on pc) then drag and drop "ps3" folder with "update" folder in it, and update folder has update file you get at the sony support website. after that plug in usb stick into ps3 and enter service menu then choose update. Sub if it worked for more tech reviews.
I know many people don't have a PS3 anymore but my brother gave my nephews his old one and they were excited. We had to get a new hard drive because he took his out ,but we still had trouble connecting it. YOUR VIDEO HELPED US OUT 100 %.Thanks soooo much!!!!!
Dude! THANK YOU SO GOSH DANG MUCH!!!! You just helped to fill in the blanks on upgrading mine to a terabyte system. I just wish I could find a decent driver to read my old drive so I can transfer my game data over. But, that is a minor thing compared to getting it to reformat. Much love dude!
Thanks bro after I watch this video my ps3 works very good your the best tech youtuber ever one thing you keep us up to date with the latest stuff keep up the good work
Hell yeah I almost got scammed I bought a PS3 from a sketchy guy and my screen was saying that and I did what you said and it frickin works I didn't get robed thanks for the video 👍
THANKS SO MUCH BRO, I didn't have the same problem but I still needed the 4.80 update and now it works and its sees on ps3, Data found and then it said hit X to start and it said don't turn off your console so, be ready for a shout out on my yt
No hdmi port on mine due to lightning. Upgraded hard drive but would not give me video. On a hunch I followed the keystrokes show here and after the first reboot I got video back! Yours is the only video that showed the screen, I would have never guessed START and SELECT at the same time. Many thanks!!!!
Worked great i had 2 PS3's with corrupted hard drives and this method fix that problem for both of them thanks for saving me that $150. Your the man with the master plan
I am getting that error in my system "no update was found " even my pendrive is formatted in fat32 and the location of the update file is also correct what should i do?? Please help
Thanks so much man you really saved me alot of money. Sony told me to send it back and they'll fix it for 80$! I watched this, got a harddrive from a old laptop and now my ps3 works beautifully. Thanks alot
thanks for this, i thought i was doinjg something wrong. After watching you with your updates, I was crying with laughter because it was exactly how my experience was - turning on PS3 for the first time. Dang nasty with updates!! Much appreciated demo ...kia ora from New Zealand.
My Ps3 suddenly slowed down and had extreme lag. I tried rebuilding the database and a full format of the hdd with no difference. So I concluded the hdd was crapping out. I replaced the hdd with a ssd but had issues with installing the OS/update. It turned out it was just how I saved the update to my usb. Your video helped me realize it was just the file structure of the update on my usb. She is up and running better then new now. Thanks.
I haven't played my PS3 Slim in almost three years. I just started playing it again this past week. I played for one night. The following night while playing, the game froze and after restarting the system was acting extremely slow. It would take a long time to boot up and would take forever to even load the main menu and menu icons. If I would wait for everything to finally load and then try to play a game the game would take forever to load and the before anything would play the system would freeze or crash. I bought a new PS3 compatible hard drive, swapped it out and followed the instructions in this video and my PS3 is working like new again! I'm so happy. I did not want to send out my Playstation to Sony and spend $150 bucks! Thank you for this simple video clip! :^D
hi, i been following your videos on how to fix ps3 problems. I'm having a really hard time trying to fix it. I changed out the hd and download the new version on a USB. I plugged it in and it keep saying "No applicable update data was found"
MAN YOU ARE GENIUS!!!! Thank you so much. I have not been on my PS3 for months and now I am because of you!! I am subscribing to your channel!! thank you so much.
wow thanks bro!!!! i had two ps3's with this problem and i just fixed them both!! b4 i had even taken it to gamestop and they told me its broken and nothing can b done but thanks to u i got dem both up and working again!!! thanks again bro!!!
god bless u bro !! im from Romania i just try 2 days to fix my ps3 ...but youre video help me and after 30 min after i see youre video ,I fix the problem !! i wish u the best things !!!
that's got er fixed. couldn't figure out why it wouldn't find the update on the USB. I had a new back up on it for the ps3 also. deleted USB drive, reformatted to fat32 and dumped the update on it only. bam, works. 500gb drive from the old 80gb. thanks man.
GOOD STUFF BRO. Fixed mine like this. The fat32 is a must.I had to return my" new" hard drive because one little bump and it gets corrupt. Got another one,GENTLY installed it, fat32 'd my flash drive, got the folders, BAMM. Working ps3.
worked for me. fixed an install that went so bad it corrupted my hard drive! old one was stuck in the infinite loop. bought a new Western Digital hard drive (supposed to be unformatted but turned out to be in NTFS after I checked it on my computer - seriously WD? why would you do that?) so that didn't work for obvious reasons. Returned it to the store, got a free replacement (upgrade) for a Seagate hard drive and the instructions worked like a charm. thank you so much! I appreciate the help buddy :)
Thanks for the video I did it earlier but I was getting mad because I did everything. And it didn't work then saw your video and I need to create a folder for ps3, and update folder :) thanks man. I didn't know making a folder will make a difference now I know. Thanks again.
Those butt holes at Sony tried to charge me $120 just to send it in for repair. But I found this vid and did it myself n now I'm up and running..it sucks it deleted everything but I'm still thankful for u..u saved me some $$ ..n I didn't even have to fully format it my computer disconnected it for some reason and it still work on my ps3
Thanks man!! =) Keep up the good work! Awesome video,.. feared the worst .. bought new harddrive and after that followed the steps on the video on just like that back to playing! Wooooooooo hooo!!
Thank you for showing this update, I am wanting to install a new HDD in my PS3. Now I know how. Will be doing this soon to my PS3. Nothing is wrong with my current PS3, I just want to update to a larger HDD.
1st of all thank you so much :) I had gave up on my old ps3 6 months ago and purchase another 1 after trying n trying one day I saw your video n did everything the same way but instead of a 320gb or the original 500gb that it came with I use a old 60gb that I had holding my door to stay open yes holding my door for almost all summer n it works fine :) you the man thank you so much ..now time to play some old games lol.
Wauw you actually helped me a ton, i didn't know what to do after i formatted my ps3 even though i canceled the formatting at %1 after it took so long. thanks dude thanks
Thanks dude. I needed to copy a new system update onto my new machine as I put my old 250GB drive into it. I couldn't work out why and it was because it was in the wrong folder. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for the assistance. When I first got that error back in 2017, I thought that was it. I tried to look for help how to fix it on UA-cam but all of them were helpless.. until I found this video. I threw my PS3 away and never played it in about three years and now I never thought that the problem could be solved. Time to play some old games on PS3! Thanks a lot.
@@larsvijfhuizen1530 First you need to get a usb stick, and go to Playstation website.. and enter 'Playstation 3 System Software (4.86)' on your PC.. format your USB stick to FAT32 and create two folders inside the USB stick.
@@larsvijfhuizen1530 Name the first folder "PLAYSTATION 3" and the second one "UPDATE" put the update you downloaded from the website on your PC inside the "UPDATE" file and then put the "UPDATE" file inside the "PLAYSTATION 3"
@@larsvijfhuizen1530 All you need to do now is remove your HDD from PS3, and replace it with the new HDD. it really works. Before you turn on the PS3 put the USB stick on the PS3. That's all. Hope it works for you. Also, make sure to put the HDD in its right place. Otherwise it will tell you "No storage system found." Peace.
Thanks for posting the vid man! I was able to take my hard drive from my broken ps3 and install it into my other broken ps3 and create another working ps3! YAY! Thanks again!
Little did this man know, 9 years later, this video would still be helping people to this very day. Thank you so much for the amazing help bro!
Fr I swear all the other videos weren’t even helpful this guy has saved me so much time and frustration (even though it took me five months for my ps to load and try to reset and brought me back to original page and I found out the cause🤦🏼♀️)
Oh my god, 9 years later and this video is still a Godsend. It’s crazy cause now I bet those kids are teenagers by now. I hope you & your family are doing extremely well. Thanks a ton bro
howd you get the link to work? its down now :(
Thank you so much man! I followed SO MANY youtube videos to try and figure this out...and nothing worked until I found this one. I really appreciate you taking the time! YOU ROCK!
This really helped me a lot I have had trouble with my hard drive i couldn't seem to find any help on UA-cam until now thank you for helping
IT'S ALIVE!!!! Thank you so much, your step by step video made me and my kids so happy. Thank you so much.😃
This helped me so much thank you I now have 500 GB space and living the dream
I truly appreciate man! A co worker of mine was going to pitch his old PS3, but I took it and followed your steps to PS3 glory! Thanks again!
I haven't been on my PS3 for months and you helped me be able to play my own you don't even know how happy i am right know. You are the greatest and you have another subscriber @Tampatec you have my greatest respects.
everyone before buying hard drive reseat old hard drive and try usb update But usb drive must be format32 (right click usb drive to format on pc) then drag and drop "ps3" folder with "update" folder in it, and update folder has update file you get at the sony support website. after that plug in usb stick into ps3 and enter service menu then choose update. Sub if it worked for more tech reviews.
I plugged in the USB and it still goes back to the original system update screen and gets stuck at 99%
I plugged in the USB and it still goes back to the original system update screen and gets stuck at 99%
I plugged in the USB and it still goes back to the original system update screen and gets stuck at 99%
is their a way to use my phone as a USB drive?
Mine too
Thanks man.I put the update onto a USB drive and followed your instructions and I finally got it to update.Legend :)
I know many people don't have a PS3 anymore but my brother gave my nephews his old one and they were excited. We had to get a new hard drive because he took his out ,but we still had trouble connecting it. YOUR VIDEO HELPED US OUT 100 %.Thanks soooo much!!!!!
Dude! THANK YOU SO GOSH DANG MUCH!!!! You just helped to fill in the blanks on upgrading mine to a terabyte system. I just wish I could find a decent driver to read my old drive so I can transfer my game data over. But, that is a minor thing compared to getting it to reformat. Much love dude!
imagine looking at this in 2021 and being like hmmm interesting
btw thx
I feel personally attacked
legit me right now lol just got my ps3 phat going thanks to this video :)
@@izaiahcooney3953 lol ima modder on it
Yer doing it after 2 years so I can play bo2 before servers get shutdown
Thank you so much for this video. Helped me out a helluva lot!!
TampaTec, this video was a lifesaver. I've gotten farther with your video with my PS3. You are TampaTec, and you just fixed my PS3
Thank you dude!!!
I did everything you told me to do took me some time but i finaly got it and my PS3 is back working again, Thanks for the video.
DUDE U HELPED ME OUT SOOOO MICH THANKS I TRIED EVERYTHING! Thank you so MUCH
been a while since i had to do this so i completely forgot, appreciate it
Holly crap dude, thanks so much. Without this video I would've given up already. You are the man!!
Thanks bro after I watch this video my ps3 works very good your the best tech youtuber ever one thing you keep us up to date with the latest stuff keep up the good work
Hell yeah I almost got scammed I bought a PS3 from a sketchy guy and my screen was saying that and I did what you said and it frickin works I didn't get robed thanks for the video 👍
hey did u have to change the HDD or u only used the update file?
Thanks man this worked perfectly :)
THANKS ALOT BRO;IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM;YOUR THE MAN OF THE DAY.KEEP UP THE GOOD FIX'S;YOUR GOLD,TAKE CARE DUDE.
thanks Bro, after a long struggle i found your video, and wala!! great stuff man
how long was the "checking please wait" message up for before it started formatting?
This was very helpful, now I don't have to buy a new hard drive. Thank you!
how?
Only video that has helped so far. Thank you!!
Helped me out me out So much now im back gaming much love to your channel keep it up man!!!
8^)
THANKS SO MUCH BRO, I didn't have the same problem but I still needed the 4.80 update and now it works and its sees on ps3, Data found and then it said hit X to start and it said don't turn off your console so, be ready for a shout out on my yt
Thnx a lot i fixed my error !!!! I subscribed and liked the video, thnx again ;)
No hdmi port on mine due to lightning. Upgraded hard drive but would not give me video. On a hunch I followed the keystrokes show here and after the first reboot I got video back! Yours is the only video that showed the screen, I would have never guessed START and SELECT at the same time. Many thanks!!!!
Thank you so much for this informative video. My PS3 was fixed thanks to you, very much appreciate your help!
sometimes its hard drive sometimes its just ps3 restore.
A folder within another folder is called a "subfolder". ;)
lol
Inception folder?
A huuuuuuge LIKE from me! I did all what you said and it worked! Thx man!
My first time in doing this ps3 reformatting. Thanks for the video bro really helped me a lot. Peace yoh!
right click usb drive then format to "fat32"
can you do it without a usb?
I LOVE U U THE MAN I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE U IMA SUB EVEN THO THIS VIDEO IS OLD VIDEO (+iliked the video)
my 10 yrs old ps3 is alive again.. thank you so much bro, god bless you and your beautiful family..
Worked great i had 2 PS3's with corrupted hard drives and this method fix that problem for both of them thanks for saving me that $150. Your the man with the master plan
I had a jailbreak, will I still have it after? Or do I use the jailbreak .PUP file to restore?
Yeah I had the same thing but I don't have the PUP file to restore
I am getting that error in my system "no update was found " even my pendrive is formatted in fat32 and the location of the update file is also correct what should i do?? Please help
make sure "ps3" folder name is all in uppercase letters ...same goes to "update" folder
Do you need some help
I am having the same problem, Help please
@@joemaster1318 I need, Im facing the same problem
Did you manage to get it right?
Thanks so much man you really saved me alot of money. Sony told me to send it back and they'll fix it for 80$! I watched this, got a harddrive from a old laptop and now my ps3 works beautifully. Thanks alot
thanks for this, i thought i was doinjg something wrong. After watching you with your updates, I was crying with laughter because it was exactly how my experience was - turning on PS3 for the first time. Dang nasty with updates!! Much appreciated demo ...kia ora from New Zealand.
that happened to me after ps3 update, might have to restore ps3 that worked for me.
I was on jb ps3 ferox 4.86 . My hdd crashed and now i tride new hdd and it says no applicable update data was found . Can anyone help me pls
I mean i downloaded forox and ofw too both same result
I have to buy a new hard drive
My Ps3 suddenly slowed down and had extreme lag. I tried rebuilding the database and a full format of the hdd with no difference. So I concluded the hdd was crapping out. I replaced the hdd with a ssd but had issues with installing the OS/update. It turned out it was just how I saved the update to my usb. Your video helped me realize it was just the file structure of the update on my usb. She is up and running better then new now. Thanks.
What size ssd you used?
I haven't played my PS3 Slim in almost three years. I just started playing it again this past week. I played for one night. The following night while playing, the game froze and after restarting the system was acting extremely slow. It would take a long time to boot up and would take forever to even load the main menu and menu icons. If I would wait for everything to finally load and then try to play a game the game would take forever to load and the before anything would play the system would freeze or crash. I bought a new PS3 compatible hard drive, swapped it out and followed the instructions in this video and my PS3 is working like new again! I'm so happy. I did not want to send out my Playstation to Sony and spend $150 bucks! Thank you for this simple video clip! :^D
hi, i been following your videos on how to fix ps3 problems. I'm having a really hard time trying to fix it. I changed out the hd and download the new version on a USB. I plugged it in and it keep saying "No applicable update data was found"
+Javier Aguirre Mine too!
ADD A NEW FOLDER INSIDE PEN DRIVE NAME IT "PS3" THEN INSIDE PS3 FOLDER ADD NEW FOLDER NAMED "UPDATE" THEN COPY PUP UPDATE INTO UPDATE FOLDER.
Did that it didn't work :(
+Victor Jones your usb must ve fat32
same
hey man do this fix the corrupted Data ? Because i cant play my gta 5
Oo
Same
Yeah I just bought a game for my ps3 and it say unsupport data
You are amazing man. I followed step by step and it's fixed.
funny, entertaining, and useful. Thanks man you have served this world good.
how long does it take the (checking...)
Around 1 year for me
@@KudgeeYT takes me about 30 centuries wym
Nah nvm it took my 1000 light years
what if my ps3 is jailbreak???
That is a good question...... Help!!!!
Akkina Decker works
@@elvirberisha5352 same bro im so happy i got my old ps3 back never gonna jailbreak again
Same issue. What’s the fix
@@lionlikemindstate9314 nothing happens if u have a jb ps3 you just lose your jb thats it
Thanks a bunch SAVED MY PS3! Thought I'd never be able to play on my new Harddrive!
MAN YOU ARE GENIUS!!!! Thank you so much. I have not been on my PS3 for months and now I am because of you!! I am subscribing to your channel!! thank you so much.
does this work for u cuz i have the same problem?
absolutely..follow his directions exactly step by step and you'll be fine.
Ron Johnson didn't work for me. I'm beginning to think my HDD is defective
it works thanks very much just replace the harddrive :) i bought a 500 g toshiba 5400 rpm
"delete damnit" LOL
wow thanks bro!!!! i had two ps3's with this problem and i just fixed them both!! b4 i had even taken it to gamestop and they told me its broken and nothing can b done but thanks to u i got dem both up and working again!!! thanks again bro!!!
god bless u bro !! im from Romania i just try 2 days to fix my ps3 ...but youre video help me and after 30 min after i see youre video ,I fix the problem !! i wish u the best things !!!
that's got er fixed. couldn't figure out why it wouldn't find the update on the USB. I had a new back up on it for the ps3 also. deleted USB drive, reformatted to fat32 and dumped the update on it only. bam, works. 500gb drive from the old 80gb. thanks man.
it worked thanks I would been at this for awhile didnt know the flash drive needed to be formatted to fat32
Thanks mine had the same problem last night and I was really scared but I just downloaded the update now it's back to normal
2021 and it still works! much appreciated
Your a God for having this video I fallowed the steps and my ps3 is back and running again
GOOD STUFF BRO. Fixed mine like this. The fat32 is a must.I had to return my" new" hard drive because one little bump and it gets corrupt. Got another one,GENTLY installed it, fat32 'd my flash drive, got the folders, BAMM. Working ps3.
Worked great for my update error 8002F002, Thank you!!
you're a genius. i just followed this to get my ps3 up and running and I'm Soooooooo happy now. THANK YOU
worked for me. fixed an install that went so bad it corrupted my hard drive! old one was stuck in the infinite loop. bought a new Western Digital hard drive (supposed to be unformatted but turned out to be in NTFS after I checked it on my computer - seriously WD? why would you do that?) so that didn't work for obvious reasons. Returned it to the store, got a free replacement (upgrade) for a Seagate hard drive and the instructions worked like a charm.
thank you so much! I appreciate the help buddy :)
cool thanks
Many thanks for helping me fixing my 2 "broken " PS3. God bless you. 👍
Thank you so much my ps3 was sitting their for 3 months then i watch your video and it was fixed thank you so much dude
Thanks for the video I did it earlier but I was getting mad because I did everything. And it didn't work then saw your video and I need to create a folder for ps3, and update folder :) thanks man. I didn't know making a folder will make a difference now I know. Thanks again.
Thanks so much for putting this up here. I really needed the help. Thanks again!
its 2017 and i just did it and it still works thanks man
Those butt holes at Sony tried to charge me $120 just to send it in for repair. But I found this vid and did it myself n now I'm up and running..it sucks it deleted everything but I'm still thankful for u..u saved me some $$ ..n I didn't even have to fully format it my computer disconnected it for some reason and it still work on my ps3
YES IT WORKED....!!!!
YOU'RE A LEGEND, THANKS MATE...😃👍
At first the ps3 wouldn't find the update data. than i Formated my USB (again) and than it worked. Thanks a lot guys!
dude u just stopped me from putting the other hard drive back in thanks so much
Thanks so much for the tutorial, much appreciated dude, thanks!
it actually worked I have to delete the number and the other two things to get the update to work from the file but it is working
THANK U VERY MUCH FOR HELPING TO FIX THE PS3 WITH THIS ENTERTAINING VDO... I ENJOYED IT WHILE FIXING MY PS3 WITH UR HELP THANKS AGAIN
Thanks man!! =)
Keep up the good work! Awesome video,.. feared the worst .. bought new harddrive and after that followed the steps on the video on just like that back to playing! Wooooooooo hooo!!
Thank you for showing this update, I am wanting to install a new HDD in my PS3. Now I know how. Will be doing this soon to my PS3. Nothing is wrong with my current PS3, I just want to update to a larger HDD.
1st of all thank you so much :) I had gave up on my old ps3 6 months ago and purchase another 1 after trying n trying one day I saw your video n did everything the same way but instead of a 320gb or the original 500gb that it came with I use a old 60gb that I had holding my door to stay open yes holding my door for almost all summer n it works fine :) you the man thank you so much ..now time to play some old games lol.
Wauw you actually helped me a ton, i didn't know what to do after i formatted my ps3 even though i canceled the formatting at %1 after it took so long.
thanks dude thanks
thanks,,,finally fixed it..almost threw the ps3..now working great
Thanks man! Love the commentary too. Funny and cute.
Thanks you so much for posting this video 🙈🙈. I think the PS3 was blocked , but when I see this video, the ps works regularly.
You are awesome! Thank you for this tutorial. Saved me!
worked for me on super slim when installing new 500gb hd ty for the upload
Thanks dude. I needed to copy a new system update onto my new machine as I put my old 250GB drive into it. I couldn't work out why and it was because it was in the wrong folder. Thanks again.
I'm doing that now, it won't delete the data on the HDD will it?
I think it does
Someone help me
hi, thnx Tampatec fr the video.......jst finished updating my ps3...followed all the instructions tho I had 2 change the HDD. it works all yo!!!
Thank you man, this works. I formatted USB to FAT32.
very helpful, was able to fix my ps3 in minutes. thank you!!!!!!!
Irving Tapia awesome. good job
Thank you so much for the assistance. When I first got that error back in 2017, I thought that was it. I tried to look for help how to fix it on UA-cam but all of them were helpless.. until I found this video. I threw my PS3 away and never played it in about three years and now I never thought that the problem could be solved. Time to play some old games on PS3!
Thanks a lot.
How did you fixed it??? I have put my new hard drive in it but it keeps crashing at 99%... i haven’t played for months now
@@larsvijfhuizen1530 First you need to get a usb stick, and go to Playstation website.. and enter 'Playstation 3 System Software (4.86)' on your PC.. format your USB stick to FAT32 and create two folders inside the USB stick.
@@larsvijfhuizen1530 Name the first folder "PLAYSTATION 3" and the second one "UPDATE" put the update you downloaded from the website on your PC inside the "UPDATE" file and then put the "UPDATE" file inside the "PLAYSTATION 3"
@@larsvijfhuizen1530 All you need to do now is remove your HDD from PS3, and replace it with the new HDD. it really works. Before you turn on the PS3 put the USB stick on the PS3. That's all. Hope it works for you.
Also, make sure to put the HDD in its right place. Otherwise it will tell you "No storage system found."
Peace.
@@hammadygehani2116 can i just format the old hdd and use it?
My hard drive died, it did as u said here, it took all of 10 minutes. thanks bro....
After about 45 failed attempts to fix my sons Christmas present (Ps3) it worked!!, Thank you so much @Tampatec!!!!!
Thanks for posting the vid man! I was able to take my hard drive from my broken ps3 and install it into my other broken ps3 and create another working ps3! YAY! Thanks again!
Did it in less than five minutes thanks for the video ...
Its 2024 , you remain a legend im mind blown i bought a Fat ps3 today for 10 bucks and controller for 25 bucks 35 bucks and im in business
Thanks Bro Been Looking For A Way To Do This Sense The Beginning